Hinge



W. F. ROBERTSON Feb. 17, 1931.

HINGE F led Jan.

4 mvENTon W M; 'ATToRNEY closing features` of the hinge w Patented Feb. 17, 1931 a WILAM If. RoBERTsoN, or oINciNNATI, onro e HINGE i Application filed January eo, 1929. `vserial m. seaoea a This inventionl relates to improvements in hinges for use ongates and the like. VThe improvementsare partieularly in regard to the connection of 'the respective hinge elements to the fence post and gate, to the vadjustability of the gate carrying element relative to the post, and to the automatic It is an object of thisinventionto provide 13a gate hinge comprising pintle and eyeelements, the engaging surfaoes of the elements formed to provide a camming surface whereby the weight of the gate` gravitates the eye' i elements on the pintles and .7 automatically close.

Itiis another objeot'of this invention to provide a gate hinge in which the eye element is sectional for adjustment. andassembly about the gate post and about a headed pintle, and to provide therefore that the4 assembled eye is incapable 'of removal from the pintle. -The headed pintle prevents. easy recauses the gate-to moval of thegatel'from the pintles,l it being r necessary to remove `the olamping bolts holding the eye in placeabout the'pintles in order to remove the gate. It'has been the custom to'turn the pintles inopposite directions to prevent removal but that arrangement put i all the weight ofthegate onlthe upper pintlel -and the lower'merely ,served as' a means for maintaining the gate on 1ts hl'nge axi's belng inutile as a support. The present invention 'obviates the necessity of thisarrangement and both the pintles serve asV supports.

Still another object is to provide an adjnstable means forimounting the hinge pintle 1 on the fence'postfwhich is adjustable to suit` various sizes of posts,` and to furthermore provideV that the' pintle. elementis adj ustable relative to its. attaching means, fand, :therefore, adjustable laterally of the post to adfonthe oppositesideoffthetgatef z t, i

just thegate relativetothe'fenceposts off the gateway and to insure'the ;proper swingl and. location Vof the` gate relative to a gate' Other objects and further advantages` will be'more fully set forth in a descriptionof the accompanying-drawings, in which Fgure 1 is a fragmentary side viewof the hinge showingit attached to a fence post and supporting a gate. 4 i

Eigure 2 is an end View of the hinge lookingv at the sa'mefrom thegate-attaehing side thereof.` f i 1 VVligure 3 is 'af seetional view taken on linev 3 -3,' Figure' 41, showing the sectional construc'tion of the eye element; i

Figure 'is a sectional view taken on line 4-41, Figure `3,Villustrating the adjustable mounting of the pintle relative to the fence post. i y Referring to the drawings, the pintlel of the'hinge; indicated at 5, is adjustably supported on an attaching'clamp or bracket 6 and the bracket 'clamped about a fence post 7. Aneye element 8 is shown clamped about a side uprig'ht 9 of the gate. `The pintle, as best shown in' Figure 11, com'- prises' a block portion 10 formed at the lower end ofthevpintle and a headed 'stud 11 rising from the block. The block portion 10 isvpro- 1 Vided with horizontally disposed grooves 12 in its sides for receiving ;arms 313 lof the bracket 6', and is further provided with'a reotangular bore'lt'extending therethrough at; right angles to and between the-grooved sides.

The end'rof the block portion 10' adj acent the stud'is oircular and the shoulder '15 between this portion and'the stud 11 is provided with a pair of`V-shaped notches 16 diametrically oppositerelativeito the stud. f

3The eye element 8 mounted on the pintle comprises half VSections 17 clampedabout the gate upright by means of clamping bolts'lS, anfd the respective half Sections have corresponding extensions 19 adapted to'fencircle the pintle 5. HThese extensions make up a split eye bore and areadapted to be fitted snuglyabout the pintle'by manipulating the elamping? bolts 18` and ;sgiftiagfthe Sections 011 rise relative to the pintle, the lugs cam-V niing out of the notches 16 Vto some position on the inclined faces of the groove, from which position the weight of the gate acts to gravitate the eye element into interfitted position in the grooves when the gate is released.

A head 5a is provided on the pintle and a suificient clearance is allowed between the eye and the head to permit the rising of the eye in the grooves. The head afprevents o removal of the gate from the pintles without disassembly of the eye element.

Thel clamping bracketor strap 6 for attaching thepintle to the fence post, comprises, a half section 21 and quarter vsections 22. The quarter sections 22 have the arms l'extending parallel with the line of the closed gate and spaced apart to straddle the block of the pintle and engage in the respective grooves 12 thereof. The other arms 24 of the quarter sections extendout in` relation to the arms 25 of the half section 21 after the manner of the conventional clampingbracket, and the whole arrangement is clamped' about the fence post by means of bolts 26. The arms of the clamping'bracket.disposed 'at each side of the pintle block are' provided? with horizontally disposed slots 27, these slots traversed by a bolt 28 for attaching the arms to the block, the bolt traversing the rectangular bore 14- in the pintle block.

The rectangular borein the'p'intle'block is of greater width than the diameter of the bolt so that the pintle is adjustable relative to the arms of thebraclret, not only the difference in length of the slot over the diameter of the bolt, but in addition, is adjustable the difference in the width of the squarebore over the diameter of the bolt. This enables a considerable lateral shifting ofthe pintle on the clamping bracket so that the gate may be properly' set between thev posts' andtsubsequently adj usted when vthe postssag ;and the gate is unproperly situated relative to the latch thereof.

Having described my invention, I claim: 1.- A hinge, comprising, in combination with a fence post and a gate, a pintleelement, an eye element, said elements securing the gate to the post, one elementihaving afshoulder formed thereon having diametrically-oppositely disposed V-shaped notches and the other element having lugs engaging said notches on the'first, an integral head formed on said pintle, the pintle being of suflicient length to permit movement of the eye between the head and shoulder of the pintle as one element shifts vertically on the inclined surface of the other and said eye formed of split construction permitting assembly laterally about the pintle.

2. In a hinge construction, a pintle, means for mounting said pintle, an eye engaging said pintle, said eye comprising half sections, each of said half sections providing a portion for .encircling `the'element to which the eye is attached, and clampbolts traversing said sections at each side of the support for securing the eye Sections rigidly about said element and adjustingthe eye about the pintle,

said Sections, when disposed about said element to which the eye is attached, being sufliciently4 spaced apart to provide for relative rotative movement about the element to whichlthe eyefis attached. i

3. A .gate Vhinge, comprising, a pintle, a bracket for mounting said pintle, an eye mounted on said pintle, said bracket'having means for 'clamping the same to a post and laterally extending arms disposed at respectively opposite sides of the pintle, said arms longitudinally slotted, said pintle provided with a bore, and;a.bolt'extending through the boreand having clearance therein' and extending through the slots, whereby the pintlemay be clamped between the arms and adjusted' laterally oftheipost.

4.'-A' hin'ge, comprising, a pintle, an eye vinounted on said pintle, ai'bracketifor said pintle, means forlattaching said bracket to a support,v said bracket'having parallel arms extcnding therefrom and straddling said pintle, said arms `z slotted longitudinally, and a bolt traversing said pintleand slots to adjustably clamp the pintle'between said arms.

5; Ahin'ge, comprising, a pintle, an eye about said pintle, a-bracket for mounting said pintle, said bracket having laterally extendingparallel arms straddling said pintle, said pintlegrooved at respectively opposite sides to receive said arms,` said arms slotted longitudinally, and a bolt traversing said pintle and slotsto adjustablyv clamp the pintle between said arms. a

6. Ahinge, comprising, a pintle, an eye mounted on said pintle, a bracket for said pintle, said bracket` adapted. to encircle a support and having laterally extending parallel arms: straddling said pintle, said pintle grooved at `respectively opposite sides to receive said arms and having a bore extending transverselybetweensaid grooved sides, said arms *slotted,alongitudinally, and. a bolt traversing the'borekof saidpintle and said slots to adjustably clamp the pintleibetweenv said arms,said bore inV thepintle being of greater width than the diameter of said bolt.

7. A-.hinge,-,comprising, a headed pintle,

means for mounting saidpintle, an eye engagmy name.

WILLIAM F. ROBERTSON. 

